mrsmackpaul

Paris ????

done and done Swish

Yep it explains a lot Swish I wonder just how thick my glasses can get ???? Paul

Story of my life is everything takes a lot longer than I expected I learnt long ago just keep on plugging at it and I get there soon enough Keep taking small steps you'll be there soon enough Paul

its coming along nicely Sure has a long chassis, should ride as smooth as silk when done with that long wheel base Paul

for what they were at the time the only trucks to out do them would have been the IH ACCO tilt cabs I feel By the time the Jap trucks had a good foot hold the D series was just about done and dusted and got replaced with Cargo which I didnt think was abad truck either even though lots hate them Paul

I received a Australian vintage truck magazine yesterday and in one of the stories it had this photo Thought of KS straight away A bloke who seems pretty fond of both makes and might end up torn between the two LOL Back in the day Scania ran a whole series of adds about the benefits of their trucks as they were trying pretty hard to get a good size bite of the Australian market And in their adds they featured trucks with teeth painted on them as you can see in the lower half of the photo Mack was really well known for first it's Thermodyne and of course then the Maxidyne but when the coolpower was released onto the Australian market it was a game changer for Mack I feel the Mack Coolpowers were really what you felt like a Mack should be, they had balls and could out pull a 400 bigcam Crummins and do it for less fuel and also for millions of km This photo is all about the Econodyne which marked the end of the Coolpowered Macks out here Then again on this site Im no doubt preaching to the converted as we say out Anyway have laugh I know I did Seeya Paul

The little D series was a good little unit for its time and sold fairly well out here for a long time People liked them a lot and some liked them so much even as they started to loose ground in the power race Ford Australia Im pretty sure had a option were they could be repowered by the 3208 Cat motor as a dealer done upgrade When this was done they competed with everything around at the time Paul

you could buy the V8 Maxidyne 325 hp with a 5 speed and a lot of those had 4 speed spicer box behind those for heavy haulage and road train work I guess some Aussies had a chub a thon with quad box and this was similar I have been told and have seen 375 V8's with a quad box on road train work and seem to hold up ok not that has anything to do with the question As another side note I dont think there was any stock standard run of the mill Macks KW Peterbilt Autocar or whites ever sold out here as they were all and still are pretty much custom made for customer Paul

Some more R 800 stuff these first two I believe are the same truck I was told before in its working days and after restored in more recent times This truck and Im pretty sure the photo and the blurb that are attached were in a Australian Bulldog Bulliten These last two are Elliot Bros of Tasmania and sorry I dont know whos photos they or the rest of them either but full credit to who ever the y came from Paul

Seed didnt expect to see you here And I think this song is about me and Mrs Mack Sssshhhhh dont tell the Princess LOL Paul

they have those types of tyres for driving in sand I reckon as they dont bury them selves as easily Looks like you would need a footy oval to turn it around with the long wheel base Paul

I did some reading last night The last 4 B models built in Australia were in February 1967 Paul

The reason I ask is in Australia back in that time we would get a lot of left overs from around the world and what was a new model in Australia with cars etc was already out of date in the US I reckon they were still selling B models in 67 in Australia A lot of US companies would offer good deals to clear stock of out dated stuff and there Australian counter parts would happily buy it for the Australian market Paul

I know some LHD drive trucks were imported to Western Australia for mine use I doubt any were built here, the R models that were built here used a LHD cab and a template was put on the fire wall to drill all the right holes in all the right spots And almost every hole in the fire wall from a LHD was covered over with component either in the cab or in the fire so when they are it looks like they are factory RHD, which I guess they are but the conversion is really neat and its not until you strip the cab right down you can see any difference And I have never watched the "Walk about" movie that I know of so most check it out one day Paul

start pulling things apart and checking by eye and manually with air Most things can be checked a fair way with out spending bugger all What type of motor is in the truck ? Paul

Are you sure you dont have a blockage and the oil cant get pumped around and cooled ??? Paul

Is this the last B model off the line in the US or the world all over ?? Paul

The bloke at the chassis shop did suggest this as well and it has only started since then I reckon there has gotta be some clues here for sure Even just parked bobtail in the drive after I turned into the house I reckon my drive is a 1 inch or more out of align but drive 20 yards don the road in a straight line you couldnt line them up better with string line They obviously have to be able to move a fare way on there own Paul

It has a lot less weight on the tyres when empty so they are a lot more likely to skip side ways and not track When it has a load on the tyres would be more likely to track with all that extra weight on If this has only started since you put the poly ones in, or has only become more apparent since you put the poly ones in it may be worth looking into trying the rubber ones again Paul

With out knowing your wheel base I would think the tracking should still be fairly easy to notice even if the wheel base was quite long Maybe just find a quiet car park and do some figure 8's and circle work At a guess my old Mack would track more than a inch when on full lock The fact that it doesnt hop when loaded I think would maybe hint that extra weight might help the to force the wheels to scrub or maybe even track better Paul

As a off topic un related but sort of related thing Siddons of Sidchrome spanner fame, (I suspect only Australians will know what Im talking about here) anyway they made all sorts of things including spanners and sockets and they had a life time unconditional guarantee You broke one with 10 feet of pipe and 25 stone gorilla hanging off the end they just gave you a fresh one Anyway in the 80's they sold out to Stanley the yanky company and they said the reason they sold out was they couldnt compete because the cost of energy in Australia not the common myth that is always put forward that the wages are to costly With the way power prices have jumped in Australia in recent years I would think this would been a even greater influence than before Funny thing is we dig our coal up and export it China and around the world We also dig up our iron ore and send it around the world And our bauxite our oil and gas And then we buy back the finished product Now either I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed because either these over seas companies are making the products for less than cost or maybe just maybe Australia is selling the raw products for less to the overseas countries than they do to Australian companies I know we almost give our iron or coal and gas away for a lot less than it is sold for in Australia Dunno the whole shows on the nose I reckon Paul

Yeah thats what Im talking about They have to flex a fair way so the axles track on tight turns KS I think put up a broucher some years ago of how the Macks work, if he reads this it would be good if he could share it again Anyway the Mack rear end is designed to steer and follow the front with a reduced tyre scrubbing Paul